Talking About Periods

An education manual for women about menstruation, written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC) as part of their Women's Reproductive Health Project. The manual defines and explains in lay-terms menstruation, reproductive organs, healthy periods, and problems associated with women's reproductive organs, including fibroids, endometriosis, heavy bleeding, and pain. It includes information regarding drug treatments and surgical treatments commonly prescribed to women for menstrual problems, with some gender-based analysis of the overuse of hysterectomy as a means to cure women's menstrual problems. There is a chapter on starting as self-help group, as well as community resources for women listed in BC, Alberta, and the Yukon and suggested books and information booklets.